Woman vs. Nature

It's on.

I spent most of the morning battling a weed which has overtaken my front garden. I got this weed from a neighbor when we first moved into our house about three years ago. Here's the story - I was on a walk with another neighbor, who introduced me to the "weed neighbor" and told me he was a landscaper. He was gardening at the time, and offered me some mums which he was dividing. So I gratefully accepted since I was looking to fill in some bare spots in the garden.

That summer I noticed how quickly these "mums" were growing! How exciting! But where were the flowers???

The next summer (last summer), I realized I had a devil on my hands when the "mums" started taking over the garden. I couldn't do much about it since I had just had Chloe and gardening was not high on the priority list.

This year I've waged war. And I'm not quitting until I win. I pulled up more roots than I care to remember. I think I might go plant those roots in the neighbor's garden during the middle of the night.

The only one who enjoyed my war with the weeds was Noah, who found many worms while I was digging to go in his newly-constructed worm house. You can see the stairs leading down into the house.